John William STEPHENSON

STEPHENSON, John William

Service Number: 683
Enlisted: 3 March 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 1st Australian Divisional Engineers
Born: Boston, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, 1892
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Boston Grammar School, England
Occupation: Mechanical Engineer
Died: Died of wounds - gunshot wounds to the head, Gallipoli, Turkey, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 24 November 1915
Cemetery: Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli
INSCRIPTION TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WE LOVE IS NOT TO DIE Grave: H. 6. , Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Address of next of kin was Grange-on-Links Hotel, Sutton-on-Sea, Lincolnshire, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Served apprenticeships with the Boston Seep Sea Fishing Co. and Holland Bros Motor Garage

Also served with the Commonwealth Naval Dockyard

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 24 and the son of Darius and Annie Stephenson.

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